(SOT/JIM FERRERI/SON) ("Its shocking, it was black and blue all the way around her neck. She looked dead.") ABUSE... OR AN ACCIDENTAL FALL? TONIGHT.. WLWT INVESTIGATES.. WHEN A FAMILY CLAIMS A SENIOR CITIZEN WAS ABUSED.. IN HER NURSING HOME... WE'VE LEARNED DEER PARK POLICE AND THE STATE OF OHIO ARE TEAMING UP ON AN ELDERLY INJURY INVESTIGATION.AT A NURSING HOME AND REHAB FACILITY. GOOD EVENING I'M MIKE DARDIS. AND I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO. A FAMILY SAYS THEIR 68-YEAR-OLD MOM WAS ABUSED.... THE FACILITY IN DEER PARK DENIES ANY WRONGDOING... WLWT'S TAMMY MUTASA IS LEADING THE WAY LIVE WITH A STORY YOU'LL SEE ONLY ON FIVE. ON ONE HAND THE HORIZON NURSING HOME SAYS VIOLET FERRERI FELL. HER FAMILY SAYS THE PICTURES TELL A DIFFERENT...HORRI FYING STORY. THEY'VE SINCE TAKEN HER OUT OF THE NURSING HOME AND SHE'S AT THE HOSPITAL. THE FAMILY SAYS THEY FOUND THEIR 68-YEAR-OLD MOM WITH BRUISES ON HER NECK AND A BROKEN ARM. THEY HADN'T HEARD FROM HER IN TWO DAYS. THE FAMILY NOTIFIED OHIO'S DEPARTMENT OF AGING, RAISING CONCERNS. DEER PARK POLICE AND THE STATE OF OHIO ARE NOW WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND OUT IF THE INJURIES CAME FROM A FALL....OR IF SOMEONE WAS BEHIND THEM. THE FAMILY SAYS AT ONE POINT...SHE WASN'T RESPONSIVE. (SOT/JIM FERRERI/SON) ("This was strangulation, not just abused, we're talking strangled, imagine, you're an older lady and you can't defend yourself and you're being strangled.") (SOT/JERRALD FERRERI/SON) ("I love my mom , I don't want it to happen to her anywhere else and I don't want it to happen to anybody else.") THE NURSING HOME SAYS... NO WAY. THE OWNER AND THE ADMINISTRATOR BOTH DECLINED ON-CAMERA INTERVIEWS... CITING CONCERNS OVER FEDERAL PRIVACY LAWS... AND THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. BUT THEY DID TELL ME FERRERI FELL... AND WAS NOT ABUSED... THE ADMINISTRATOR DID RELEASE A WRITTEN STATEMENT.. SAYING... "WE REPORTED THE FAMILY'S CONCERNS IMMEDIATELY TO THE STATE OF OHIO. AT THIS TIME THE STATE IS CONDUCTING THEIR REVIEW. UNTIL THEY ARE FINISHED, WE ARE UNABLE TO COMMENT." THE NURSING HOME MAINTAINS THE STATE INVESTIGATION WILL BEAR OUT ITS VERSION OF EVENTS. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TAMMY MUTASA WLWT NEWS FIVE. WE WILL UPDATE YOU WHEN THE REPORT IS FINALIZED.